Jessel

Jessel or Jessell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Sir Charles Jessel, (1860–1928), baronet, British barrister, magistrate and businessman
 * Jesselton, now Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
 * David Jessel, British journalist
 * George Jessel:
 * George Jessel (actor) (1898–1981), American vaudevillian
 * George Jessel (jurist) (1824–1883), British jurist
 * Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel (1866–1950), British soldier and politician
 * Leon Jessel, German composer
 * Patricia Jessel, actress
 * Stephen Jessel, British correspondent
 * Ray Jessel (1929—2015), American-Welsh composer
 * Thomas Jessell, scientist
 * Toby Jessel, British politician
 * Kenneth A. Jessell, educator and 6th President of Florida International University

Fictional people

 * Miss Jessel, a character in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw and its adaptations